Kaijah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KYE-jah
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Kaijah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
Where does Kaijah come from?
Modern: blend of Kai and the -jah ending
Is Kaijah a girl's or a boy's name?
Kaijah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kaijah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 14,937th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Kaijah, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2003, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Kaijah in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kaijah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
Nicknames for Kaijah
- Kai 816 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Kaijah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kaliyah, Kamiyah, Zaniyah, Jaliyah, Aaliyah, Janiyah, Zariah, Hadassah, Selah, Farah, Kaylani, Aziyah
Names related to Kaijah
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Kaijah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kaijah, updated 20 October 2026.